Footbath Basin With Pressure Massage Function

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a footbath basin with pressure massage function, which comprising a body of footbath basin ( 11 ) and an air massage device ( 14 ) which comprises a plentiful of independent airbags. In the body of footbath basin ( 11 ), a pump ( 12 ), an input, and an air guide control device ( 13 ) are connected with the outputs of the pump of the body of footbath basin ( 11 ), the air guide control device ( 13 ) has a plentiful of outputs, at least two of which are connected with the input/output of the varied airbags of the air massage device ( 14 ) through an air tubes ( 17 ) respectively. The footbath basin with pressure massage function of the present invention may be cooperated with foot health care, and massage the other parts of the whole body simultaneously, enhance the whole blood circulation, make more effective health, and save time simultaneously.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a footbath basin, more particularly,relates to a footbath basin with pressure massage function.

Nowadays, foot health care is a fashion. The apparatus for foot healthcarer in the prior art are integrated with massager, electrical heaterand footbath basin, etc. However, these apparatus for foot health carercan massage feet only, other parts of the body can not be massaged.While people are enjoying foot massage with the footbath basin, itnormally cost lots of time, and further, simplex function of foot healthcare for these apparatus is time inefficient.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a footbath basin withpressure massage function, it may massage foot and other parts of thebody simultaneously.

The technical solution for the present invention is to provide afootbath basin with air pressure massage function, which comprising abody of footbath basin and a plentiful of air pressure massagers withindependent airbags, wherein a pump is installed in the footbath basin,and further comprises a air guide control device with its input portconnected with the output of the pump of the footbath basin, the airguide control device has a plentiful of outputs, at least two of theoutputs are connected with the inputs/outputs of varied airbags of theair massage device through air tubes respectively.

Advantageously, the air guide control device having an input connectedwith the pump, a plentiful of outputs connected with the a plentiful ofairbags, and an air guide unit driven by a step motor with the rotationspeed between 0 and 100 r/minute. The air guide unit is provided with adirecting slots, thus when driven by step motor, the inputs areconnected with the outputs via the directing slots on the air guideunit. The air guide unit further comprises air holes. When the air holesand the outputs are connected, airbags may be deflated, alternatively,the air guide control device comprises an input connected with the pump,a plentiful of outputs connected with the plentiful of airbags, and anelectric-magnetic air valve.

Advantageously, the air guide control device comprises 4, 6 or 8outputs.

Advantageously, the outputs of the air guide control device are set onthe surface, side walls or top cover of the footbath basin.

Advantageously, a slide fastener or a nylon agraffe is provided on theair pressure massage device to wrap the body parts to be massaged.

Advantageously, when the air pressure device wrapping the body parts tobe massaged, only one or one pair of the a plentiful of airbags areinflated, while other airbags deflates simultaneously, thus to massagethe body parts one by one.

Advantageously, the massage modes of the footbath basin is selected fromthe group consisting of water pressure, vibrating and bubbles.

Advantageously, the air pressure massage device further comprises aplentiful of airbags for wrapping one or more body parts of thigh, calf,arm neck or waist.

Advantageously, a plentiful of pocket for placing vibrating massager areprovided on the inner side of the air pressure massage device, andalternatively, the air pressure massage device are installed withvibrating device in the airbags.

Advantageously, the outside of the air pressure massage device areinstalled with an arc board.

Advantageously, the air guide control device is further connected to thefootbath basin via a regurgitant tube, and through which the compressedair from the airbags is driven to the footbath basin.

Advantageously, the air pressure device is further installed with aheating device.

Advantageously, the air pressure device is further installed with aconductive electrode.

Advantageously, an air pressure adjusting device is connected betweenthe air guide control device and pump, or between the air guide controldevice and airbags.

The footbath basin with pressure massage function of the presentinvention, may be cooperated with foot health care, and massage theother parts of the whole body simultaneously, enhance the whole bloodcirculation, make more effective health, and save time simultaneously.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various aspects of the present invention will be discussed withreference to the drawings and embodiments.

FIG. 1 is the structure diagram of the footbath basin with air pressuremassage function, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is the structure diagram of another embodiment of the footbathbasin with air pressure massage function, in accordance with the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is part of the structure diagram of the air pressure massagedevice in FIG. 1, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is part of the structure diagram of the air guide control devicein FIG. 1, in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 1, the footbath basin with air pressure massagefunction comprises a body of footbath basin 11 and an air pressuremassage device 14, wherein the body of footbath basin 11 may providefoot massage modes of water pressure, vibrating or bubbles. A pump 12 isprovided in the body of footbath basin 11, the output of pump 12 isconnected to an air guide control device 13, and the air guide controldevice 13 is connected with an air pressure massage device 14 (only partof it is shown in the figure) via a tube 17.

The air pressure device 14 may wrap around part of the body to bemassaged by a nylon agraffe (magic sticker), and further comprises aplentiful of airbags 15 (only 2 of them is shown in the figure).Certainly, the air pressure device 14 may wrap around part of the bodyto be massaged by other connection, for example, slide fastener, buttonsetc. The air pressure massage device 14 having airbags may wrap one ormore of thigh, calf, arm, waist or neck. Each of the airbags 15comprises an input/output, the input/output is connected to an air guidecontrol device 13 via an air guide tubes to inflate or deflate theairbags. The inflation and deflation of airbags are controlled by theair guide control device 13 (the process will be described in detailedin FIG. 4).

Leg massage will be provided as an embodiment to describe the massageprocess. Firstly, the air guide control device 13 inflates the airbagswrapping the calf, when airbags are inflated, they oppresses the calf.Then, the air guide control device 13 inflates other bags that wrappingthigh, these airbags then will inflate and oppress thigh, thus to helpblood flows back to heart, to achieve the effect of health care. Thisaction is called as “milking a cow” movement. Certainly, more airbagsmay be employed, that is, more airbags are employed around calf andthigh, and to inflate the airbags orderly, thus to implement themovement of “milking a cow” in detail. Massaging other body parts issimilar to the above-described process. While inflating one of theairbags, the air guide control device 13 deflates another airbag toinflate the deflated airbag subsequently, and further to implement therepetition of inflation and deflation.

An air pressure control device may also be provided between the airguide control device 13 and pump 12. The pressure inflated into airbagsmay be adjusted by the air pressure control device. The air pressurecontrol device may also be installed between the air guide controldevice 13 and airbags, thus to adjust air inflated into each airbagrespectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, in another embodiment of the present invention, anair deflation hole is also provided on the air guide control device 13,and is connected into the footbath basin via a regurgitant tube. Whenthe air guide control device 13 deflates one of the airbags, compressedair flows back into the water in the footbath basin via tube 17, airguide control device 13 and regurgitant tube 18, thus to generatebubbles or water flow pressure to massage foot with bubbles.

A valve may be installed on the regurgitant tube 18, to ensure air flowsout only from regurgitant tube 18, while water cannot flow intoregurgitant tube 18. Certainly, the position of air guide control device13 may be changed to avoid water in the body of footbath basin 11flowing back into the air guide control device 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, is the structure diagram of part of the air pressuredevice 14. The air pressure massage device 14 in the present embodimentcomprises multi-layer structure, wherein the most inner layer is airbag22, the most outer layer is wrapper. An arc board 22 may also beinstalled between wrapper and airbag 22, thus the airbags only compressthe wrapped part of the body without inflating outwards, thus bettereffect is achieved. The Nylon agraffe 16 is provided on the wrapper. Andthe wrapper may be made of fibre, or polymer or other materials.

In another embodiment of the present invention, double layer wrappersmay be installed, that is, the most inner layer is also a wrapper. Apocket for placing vibrating massager may also be provided on the innerside of the wrapper. Vibrating massager may also be fixed on the insideof the airbags directly. Further, a heater such as electrical thermowire etc may also be installed on the inner side of the wrapper, thus toperform heat cure while massaging. Conductive electrode may also befixed on the inner layer of the wrapper, thus to excite the skin on thepart of the body being massaged, to perform skin care movements.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air guide control device 14 comprises a airguide unit 33 and a ventilating piece. The ventilating piece is fixed onthe air guide control device 14, and having an input 32 that connectedwith the output of pump 12, a plentiful of outputs 31 are connected withthe inputs/outputs of the a plentiful of airbags. One end of the input32 of air guide control device 14 is on the side of the ventilatingpiece, which is connected to the centre along the direction of theradius of the ventilating piece, and further passes through the centre.The outputs 31 pass through the ventilating piece along the axe of theventilating piece. Outputs 31 may be set as a plentiful of pairsaccording to the number of the airbags, for example, 2, 4, 6 or 8, andare further placed on the same circle of the ventilating piece. Theoutputs 31 are set as 4 in the present embodiment.

The air guide unit 33 is buckled together with ventilating piece, it isfurther driven by a step motor with rotation speed between 0 and 100r/minute. An air guide slot 35 is provided on the air guide unit 33, oneend of the air guide slot 35 is on the centre of the air guide unit 33,and further connected to the corresponding position of the outputs 31 onventilating piece along the radius direction.

When ventilating piece and air guide unit 33 are buckled together, thecentre end of the input 32 on the ventilating piece is always connectedwith the centre end of the air guide slot 35, while the other end of theair guide unit 33 is connected with one of the outputs 31. When drivenby the step motor, the air guide unit 33 rotates around the centre, thusthe input 32 is connected with each output 31 via the air guide slot 35on the air guide unit 33 orderly, therefore, to inflate differentairbags.

The position corresponding to the output 31 on air guide unit 33 isfixed with hole 34, when hole 34 is connected to output 34, airbags maybe deflated. When air guide unit 33 rotates, hole 34 may deflate eachairbag.

1. A footbath basin with air pressure massage function, comprising abody of footbath basin and a plentiful of air pressure massage devicewith independent airbags, wherein an pump is installed in said footbathbasin, and further comprises an input port and a air guide controldevice connected with the outputs of the pump of said footbath basin,said air guide control device has a plentiful of outputs, at least twoof which are connected with the inputs/outputs of varied airbags of theair pressure massage device through a plentiful of air tubesrespectively.
 2. The footbath basin with air pressure massage functionas in claim 1, wherein said air guide control device comprises an inputconnected with said pump, a plentiful of outputs connected with saidplentiful of airbags, and an air guide unit driven by a step motor withrotation speed between 0 and 100 r/minute; said air guide unit isprovided with a directing slots that when the air guide unit is drivenby the step motor, said input is connected with the outputs via thedirecting slots on said air guide unit; said air guide unit furthercomprises an air holes, and when said air holes and said outputsconnected, the airbags then be deflated.
 3. The footbath basin with airpressure massage function as in claim 1, wherein said fluidic controldevice further comprises an input connected with said pump, a plentifulof outputs connected with said plurality of airbags, and anelectric-magnetic air valve.
 4. The footbath basin with air pressuremassage function as in claims 2 or 3, wherein said air guide controldevice comprises 4, 6 or 8 outputs.
 5. The footbath basin with airpressure massage function as in claims 2 or 3, wherein the outputs ofsaid air guide control device are set on the surface, side walls or topcover of the footbath basin.
 6. The footbath basin with air pressuremassage function as in claim 1, wherein a slide fastener or a nylonagraffe is provided on said air pressure massage device to wrap the bodyparts to be massaged.
 7. The footbath basin with air pressure massagefunction as in claim 6, wherein when air pressure massage devicewrapping the body parts to be massaged, only one or one pair of saidplentiful of airbags are inflated, and other airbags are deflatedsimultaneously, thus to massage the body parts one by one.
 8. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 6, whereinthe massage mode of said footbath basin provides is selected from thegroup consisting of water pressure, vibrating and bubbles.
 9. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 6, whereinsaid air pressure massage device further comprises airbags that wrappingone or more body parts of thigh, calf, arm neck or waist.
 10. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 6, whereina plentiful of pocket for placing vibrating massager are provided on theinside of said air pressure massage device; or the air pressure massagedevice are installed with vibrating device in the airbags.
 11. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 1, whereinan arc board is installed on the outside of said air pressure massagedevice.
 12. The footbath basin with air pressure massage function as inclaim 1, wherein the air guide control device is further connected tothe footbath basin via a regurgitant tube, and through which thecompressed air from the airbags is driven to the footbath basin.
 12. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 1, whereina heating device is installed with said air pressure device.
 14. Thefootbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 1, whereina conductive electrode is installed with said air pressure device. 15.The footbath basin with air pressure massage function as in claim 1,wherein an air pressure adjusting device is connected between said airguide control device and pump, or between the air guide control deviceand airbags.